John

Chapter 3

1  Christ teacheth Nicodemus the necessity of regeneration.  14  Of faith in his death.  16  The great love of God towards the world.  18  Condemnation for unbelief.  23  The baptism, witness, and doctrine of John concerning Christ.

3:1 ¶ [1161] There (1161) was {2258} <5713> a man {444} of {1537} the (3588) Pharisees, {5330} named {3686} [846] Nicodemus, {3530} a ruler {758} of the (3588) Jews: {2453}

3:2 The same {3778} came {2064} <5627> to {4314} Jesus {2424} by night, {3571} and {2532} said {2036} <5627> unto him, {846} Rabbi, {4461} we know {1492} <5758> that {3754} thou art [2064] <0> a teacher {1320} come {2064} <5754> from {575} God: {2316} for {1063} no man {3762} can {1410} <5736> do {4160} <5721> these {5023} miracles {4592} that {3739} thou {4771} doest, {4160} <5719> except {3362} God {2316} be {5600} <5753> with {3326} him. {846}

3:3 Jesus {2424} answered {611} <5662> and {2532} said {2036} <5627> unto him, {846} Verily, {281} verily, {281} I say {3004} <5719> unto thee, {4671} Except {3362} a man {5100} be born {1080} <5686> again, {509} he cannot {1410} {3756} <5736> see {1492} <5629> the (3588) kingdom {932} of God. {2316}

3:4 Nicodemus {3530} saith {3004} <5719> unto {4314} him, {846} How {4459} can {1410} <5736> a man {444} be born {1080} <5683> when he is {5607} <5752> old? {1088} can {1410} [3361] <5736> he (3361) enter {1525} <5629> the second time {1208} into {1519} his [846] (848) mother's {3384} womb, {2836} and {2532} be born? {1080} <5683>

3:5 Jesus {2424} answered, {611} <5662> Verily, {281} verily, {281} I say {3004} <5719> unto thee, {4671} Except {3362} a man {5100} be born {1080} <5686> of {1537} water {5204} and {2532} [of] the Spirit, {4151} he cannot {3756} {1410} <5736> enter {1525} <5629> into {1519} the (3588) kingdom {932} of God. {2316}

3:6 That which is born {1080} <5772> of {1537} the (3588) flesh {4561} is {2076} <5748> flesh; {4561} and {2532} that which is born {1080} <5772> of {1537} the (3588) Spirit {4151} is {2076} <5748> spirit. {4151}

3:7 Marvel {2296} <5661> not {3361} that {3754} I said {2036} <5627> unto thee, {4671} Ye {5209} must {1163} <5748> be born {1080} <5683> again. {509}

3:8 The (3588) wind {4151} bloweth {4154} <5719> where {3699} it listeth, {2309} <5719> and {2532} thou hearest {191} <5719> the (3588) sound {5456} thereof, {846} but {235} canst [1492] <0> not [3756] tell {1492} <5758> (3756) whence {4159} it cometh, {2064} <5736> and {2532} whither {4226} it goeth: {5217} <5719> so {3779} is {2076} <5748> every one {3956} that is born {1080} <5772> of {1537} the (3588) Spirit. {4151}

3:9 Nicodemus {3530} answered {611} <5662> and {2532} said {2036} <5627> unto him, {846} How {4459} can {1410} <5736> these things {5023} be? {1096} <5635>

3:10 Jesus {2424} answered {611} <5662> and {2532} said {2036} <5627> unto him, {846} Art {1488} <5748> thou {4771} a master {1320} of Israel, {2474} and {2532} knowest {1097} <5719> not {3756} these things? {5023}

3:11 Verily, {281} verily, {281} I say {3004} <5719> unto thee, {4671} We (3754) speak {2980} <5719> that {3739} [3754] we do know, {1492} <5758> and {2532} testify {3140} <5719> that {3739} we have seen; {3708} <5758> and {2532} ye receive {2983} <5719> not {3756} our {2257} witness. {3141}

3:12 If {1487} I have told {2036} <5627> you {5213} earthly things, {1919} and {2532} ye believe {4100} <5719> not, {3756} how {4459} shall ye believe, {4100} <5692> if {1437} I tell {2036} <5632> you {5213} [of] heavenly things? {2032}

3:13 And {2532} no man {3762} hath ascended up {305} <5758> to {1519} heaven, {3772} but {1508} he that came down {2597} <5631> from {1537} heaven, {3772} [even] the (3588) Son {5207} of man {444} which [3588] is {5607} <5752> in {1722} heaven. {3772}

3:14 ¶ And {2532} as {2531} Moses {3475} lifted up {5312} <5656> the (3588) serpent {3789} in {1722} the (3588) wilderness, {2048} even so {3779} must {1163} <5748> the (3588) Son {5207} of man {444} be lifted up: {5312} <5683>

3:15 That [3363] <0> (2443) whosoever {3956} believeth {4100} <5723> in {1519} him {846} should [622] <0> not [3363] (3361) perish, {622} <5643> but {235} have {2192} <5725> eternal {166} life. {2222}

3:16 ¶ For {1063} God {2316} so {3779} loved {25} <5656> the (3588) world, {2889} that {5620} he gave {1325} <5656> his [846] (848) only begotten {3439} Son, {5207} that {2443} whosoever {3956} believeth {4100} <5723> in {1519} him {846} should [622] <0> not {3361} perish, {622} <5643> but {235} have {2192} <5725> everlasting {166} life. {2222}

3:17 For {1063} God {2316} sent {649} <5656> not {3756} his [846] (848) Son {5207} into {1519} the (3588) world {2889} to [2443] (2553) condemn {2919} <5725> the (3588) world; {2889} but {235} that {2443} the (3588) world {2889} through {1223} him {846} might be saved. {4982} <5686>

3:18 ¶ He that believeth {4100} <5723> on {1519} him {846} is [2919] <0> not {3756} condemned: {2919} <5743> but {1161} he that believeth {4100} <5723> not {3361} is condemned {2919} <5769> already, {2235} because {3754} he hath [4100] <0> not {3361} believed {4100} <5758> in {1519} the (3588) name {3686} of the (3588) only begotten {3439} Son {5207} of God. {2316}

3:19 And {1161} this {3778} is {2076} <5748> the (3588) condemnation, {2920} that {3754} light {5457} is come {2064} <5754> into {1519} the (3588) world, {2889} and {2532} men {444} loved {25} <5656> darkness {4655} rather {3123} than {2228} light, {5457} because {1063} their {846} deeds {2041} were {2258} <5713> evil. {4190}

3:20 For {1063} every one {3956} that doeth {4238} <5723> evil {5337} hateth {3404} <5719> the (3588) light, {5457} neither {2532} {3756} cometh {2064} <5736> to {4314} the (3588) light, {5457} lest {3363} his {846} deeds {2041} should be reproved. {1651} <5686>

3:21 But {1161} he that doeth {4160} <5723> truth {225} cometh {2064} <5736> to {4314} the (3588) light, {5457} that {2443} his {846} deeds {2041} may be made manifest, {5319} <5686> that {3754} they are {2076} <5748> wrought {2038} <5772> in {1722} God. {2316}

3:22 ¶ After {3326} these things {5023} came {2064} <5627> Jesus {2424} and {2532} his {846} disciples {3101} into {1519} the (3588) land {1093} of Judaea; {2449} and {2532} there {1563} he tarried {1304} <5707> with {3326} them, {846} and {2532} baptized. {907} <5707>

3:23 ¶ And {1161} John {2491} also {2532} was {2258} <5713> baptizing {907} <5723> in {1722} Aenon {137} near [1451] to (1451) Salim, {4530} because {3754} there was {2258} <5713> much {4183} water {5204} there: {1563} and {2532} they came, {3854} <5708> and {2532} were baptized. {907} <5712>

3:24 For {1063} John {2491} was {2258} <5713> not yet {3768} cast {906} <5772> into {1519} prison. {5438}

3:25 ¶ Then {3767} there arose {1096} <5633> a question {2214} between [3326] [some] of {1537} John's {2491} disciples {3101} and (3326) the Jews {2453} about {4012} purifying. {2512}

3:26 And {2532} they came {2064} <5627> unto {4314} John, {2491} and {2532} said {2036} <5627> unto him, {846} Rabbi, {4461} he [3739] that (3739) was {2258} <5713> with {3326} thee {4675} beyond {4008} Jordan, {2446} to whom {3739} thou {4771} barest witness, {3140} <5758> behold, {2396} the same {3778} baptizeth, {907} <5719> and {2532} all {3956} [men] come {2064} <5736> to {4314} him. {846}

3:27 John {2491} answered {611} <5662> and {2532} said, {2036} <5627> A man {444} can {1410} {3756} <5736> receive {2983} <5721> nothing, {3762} except {3362} it be {5600} <5753> given {1325} <5772> him {846} from {1537} heaven. {3772}

3:28 Ye {5210} yourselves {846} bear [3140] <0> me [3427] witness, {3140} <5719> (3427) that {3754} I said, {2036} <5627> I {1473} am {1510} <5748> not {3756} the (3588) Christ, {5547} but {235} that {3754} I am {1510} <5748> sent {649} <5772> before {1715} him. {1565}

3:29 He that hath {2192} <5723> the (3588) bride {3565} is {2076} <5748> the bridegroom: {3566} but {1161} the (3588) friend {5384} of the (3588) bridegroom, {3566} which [3588] standeth {2476} <5761> and {2532} heareth {191} <5723> him, {846} rejoiceth {5463} <5719> greatly {5479} because {1223} of the (3588) bridegroom's {3566} voice: {5456} this {3778} my {1699} joy {5479} therefore {3767} is fulfilled. {4137} <5769>

3:30 He {1565} must {1163} <5748> increase, {837} <5721> but {1161} I {1691} [must] decrease. {1642} <5745>

3:31 He that cometh {2064} <5740> from above {509} is {2076} <5748> above {1883} all: {3956} he that is {5607} <5752> of {1537} the (3588) earth {1093} is {2076} <5748> earthly, {1537} {1093} and {2532} speaketh {2980} <5719> of {1537} the (3588) earth: {1093} he that cometh {2064} <5740> from {1537} heaven {3772} is {2076} <5748> above {1883} all. {3956}

3:32 And {2532} what {3739} he hath seen {3708} <5758> and {2532} heard, {191} <5656> that {5124} he testifieth; {3140} <5719> and {2532} no man {3762} receiveth {2983} <5719> his {846} testimony. {3141}

3:33 He that hath received {2983} <5631> his {846} testimony {3141} hath set to his seal {4972} <5656> that {3754} God {2316} is {2076} <5748> true. {227}

3:34 For {1063} he whom {3739} God {2316} hath sent {649} <5656> speaketh {2980} <5719> the (3588) words {4487} of God: {2316} for {1063} God {2316} giveth {1325} <5719> not {3756} the (3588) Spirit {4151} by {1537} measure {3358} [unto him].

3:35 The (3588) Father {3962} loveth {25} <5719> the (3588) Son, {5207} and {2532} hath given {1325} <5758> all things {3956} into {1722} his {846} hand. {5495}

3:36 He that believeth {4100} <5723> on {1519} the (3588) Son {5207} hath {2192} <5719> everlasting {166} life: {2222} and {1161} he that believeth (544) not [544] <5723> the (3588) Son {5207} shall [3700] <0> not {3756} see {3700} <5695> life; {2222} but {235} the (3588) wrath {3709} of God {2316} abideth {3306} <5719> on {1909} him. {846}